Diana Widmaier Picasso | |
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| Born | March 12, 1974 Marseille, France |
| Other names | Diana Widmaier–Picasso |
| Occupation(s) | art historian, art curator |
| Known for | Menē |
| Children | 1 |
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| Relatives | Pablo Picasso (maternal grandfather) |
Diana Widmaier Picasso (born March 12, 1974) is a French art historian specialized in modern art, living in Paris.
Diana Widmaier Picasso is the daughter of Maya Widmaier-Picasso, and the maternal granddaughter of Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter. [1] [2] After a Master's degree in private Law (from Paris-Assas University), and a master's degree in art history (from Paris-Sorbonne University)—her thesis was about the art market in France in the seventeenth century—she decided to specialize in old master drawings. [3] She worked on several exhibitions in museums (Metropolitan Museum in New York, Institut Néerlandais in Paris), and later became an expert in old master drawings at Sotheby's in London and Paris for three years.
She is the co-founder with Roy Sebag and Chief Artistic Officer of a jewelry company called Menē launched in 2017. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Diana Widmaier Picasso is involved in art organizations: Trustee MoMA PS1, New York (since 2009), Trustee Kunst-Werke, Berlin (since 2007), International Council of MoMA, New York (since 2000), Tate International Council, London (since 2005), Visiting Committee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for the 19th, 20th and 21st century Departments (since 2008), Member of Performing Art committee of the Whitney Museum, New York (since 2013).
She is also involved in non-profit organizations: Girls Inc. (organization that focuses on giving confidence to girls), Elevate New York (youth development program), Chez Bushwick (organization dedicated to the advancement of interdisciplinary art and performance), Education Through Music (organization that provides instruments and music classes in inner city schools).
She has a daughter born in April 2017.[ citation needed ]
In 2017, she was named Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. [8]
In 2022, she was named Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by Rima Abdul Malak. [9]
Since May 2023, she is part of the board of directors of ARTEX, world’s first and only blockchain based artpiece exchange platform.
In 2003, Diana Widmaier Picasso created a research company called DWP Editions and started gathering information on her grandfather’s works. [10] [11] Since 2013, she is working on a catalogue raisonné of Picasso’s sculptures with a team of researchers (Olivia Speer and Claire Rougé). [12] [13] This catalogue will present over 2000 three-dimensional works including materials like plaster, bronze, wood, terra-cotta, cardboard and paper. [14]
Pablo Ruiz Picasso was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer who spent most of his adult life in France. One of the most influential artists of the 20th century, he is known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, the co-invention of collage, and for the wide variety of styles that he helped develop and explore. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) and the anti-war painting Guernica (1937), a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War.
Edward Quinn (1920–1997) was born in Ireland. He lived and worked as a photographer from the 1950s, on the Côte d'Azur, during the "golden fifties" the playground of the celebrities from the world of show biz, art and business.
Marie-Thérèse Walter was a French model and lover of Pablo Picasso from 1927 to about 1935 and the mother of their daughter Maya Widmaier-Picasso. Their relationship began when she was seventeen years old; he was 45 and married to his first wife, Olga Khokhlova. It ended after Picasso moved on to his next relationship, with artist Dora Maar. Walter is known as Picasso's "golden muse" and inspired numerous artworks and sculptures that he created of her during their relationship.
Sir John Patrick Richardson, was a British art historian and biographer of Pablo Picasso. Richardson also worked as an industrial designer and as a reviewer for The New Observer.
Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor.
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Laurence Bertrand Dorléac is a French art historian specializing in contemporary art, a professor and an author. She was elected president of the Fondation nationale des sciences politiques in May 2021. She is located in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Girl before a Mirror(French: Jeune fille devant un miroir) is an oil on canvas painting by Pablo Picasso, which he created in 1932. The painting is a portrait of Picasso's mistress and muse, Marie-Thérèse Walter, who is depicted standing in front of a mirror looking at her reflection. It is housed in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.
Bust of a Woman (Marie-Thérèse) is a 1931 sculpture by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso that depicts Marie-Thérèse Walter, who was Picasso's mistress at the time of its creation. In 2016 the ownership of the sculpture was the subject of a legal dispute between the State of Qatar and the American art dealer Larry Gagosian, who had resold the bust to Leon Black.
María de la Concepción "Maya" Widmaier-Picasso, later known as Maya Ruiz-Picasso, was the eldest daughter of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter. She devoted part of her life to the study and preservation of the legacy of her father.
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Femme au béret et à la robe quadrillée is an oil-on-canvas painting by Pablo Picasso, which he created in 1937. It is a portrait of Marie-Thérèse Walter, Picasso's lover and muse during this period and was created with elements of Cubism. The painting signifies a transition in their relationship by combining Walter's profile with that of Picasso's new lover, the Surrealist photographer Dora Maar, with whom he began a relationship in 1936. This portrait was produced in the same year as Guernica and The Weeping Woman, a significant phase in Picasso's artistic career. On 28 February 2018, it was sold at Sotheby's auction for £49.8 million, making it one of the most expensive paintings ever sold at an auction in Europe.
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